For this project I am trying to deepen my knowledge on the schools in an area that is different than one I am used to. It will help me understand the American public school system better than I have before since I only came from one school and that is all I used to know. The research I have conducted into this Central Falls middle school could help others who are trying to understand the school system in Central Falls.
The Calicutt Middle School is located in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Central Falls, Rhode Island is just outside Providence and Pawtucket, Rhode Island which makes it a more urban area than suburban. Calcutt Middle School is located on 112 Washington Street in Central Falls, Rhode Island.Calicutt Middle School has one mission, which is posted on their website, "Calcutt Middle School is a standards-driven teaching and learning community that promotes literacy, effective communication, problem solving, critical thinking, civic responsibility and the skills necessary for living and working in a culturally diverse society." They want to help the community by helping the children first, which will in turn help the community and our society. (Central Falls School District)
This school has a wide diversity of students of all different races. The largest population in Calcutt Middle School is Hispanic with 76% of the students in the school. The next largest population in Calcutt Middle School is African American with 11% of the students.This is followed by 9% of the students being white, 3% of the students being multiracial and finally 1% of the students at Calcutt Middle School being Native American (Rhode Island Education Department). Those who live in Central Falls make a median income in this city is $29,268 which is only slightly above the needed income for a family of four, $24,000.(United States Census Bureau) and the entirety of Rhode Island families make upwards of around $68,000 a year. With the median income of Central Falls so low the schools have to step up and help the students more.
In Rhode Island schools there are these tests at the end of each grade for middle schools, they are called NECAP tests. The NECAP tests are tests that try to find out the proficiency of a subject that each student has to take, things like Reading, Writing and Math, these tests are taken at the end of each grade level. In Calcutt Middle School the 8th graders scored significantly in all areas than the rest of the state’s population. In Science 8th graders scored 8% proficiency while the rest of Rhode Island scored 30% or in Math where the 8th graders scored 15% to the 57% of all the other Rhode Island residence, that is a 42% difference between proficiency in one subject (Rhode Island Education Department). This is just the 8th grade, the 7th graders were 19% of proficient in the math they needed to know while Rhode Island as a whole was 59% proficient. In reading the 7th graders had a proficiency of 32% while the rest of the state was 69% proficient in reading (Rhode Island Education Department). Those who also go to Calcutt Middle School include 6th graders and 5th graders. The 6th graders had the proficiency of 35% in reading while the rest of Rhode Island was 72%, and they were 26% proficient at math while the rest of the state was 59%. Meanwhile the 5th graders were 36% in writing proficiency, 44% proficient in reading and 37% proficient in math. Going from last to first Rhode Island as a whole was 64% proficient in writing, 74% proficient in reading and 61% proficient in math (Rhode Island Education Department). These numbers show that the students of Calcutt Middle School are under proficiency in all areas in all grades.
The funding for the district of Central Falls and the Calcutt Middle School. In this district they spend a total of $18,910 per pupil in the district while the rest of Rhode Island only spends $15,370 per pupil. This shows that even though the spending is higher in the Central Falls district which means that the students should be doing better because they have more money spent on them to help them, but there are still things going array when it comes to scores and proficiency in subjects. In middle school they spend less than what is spent in other years of study, they spend $2,585 for middle school, that is low because most goes to the instruction and little goes to really helping the child in the long run.(Rhode Island Education Department)
Calcutt Middle School has 596 students and only 50 teachers (Rhode Island Education Department). This puts the teacher to student ratio at 1:12 but that is to all the teachers at the school so including people who do not actually teach classes. The ratio for student to classroom teacher is 1:14 (Rhode Island Education Department). In this school there is 0% of teachers with Emergency Certification while statewide it is 1% of teachers. Also in this school there are 9% of teachers who are not highly qualified teachers while in the rest of Rhode Island that is only 1% (Rhode Island Education Department).
Calcutt Middle School like most schools in Rhode Island after Common Core was established, the schools set targets they have to get done before the end of the year. This middle school in Central Falls got 6 of the 18 targets they set for themselves, which is less than half of the targets and in reality that is one third of the targets they set getting done. That is really not good because they should be able to pass all of the targets they set in the beginning of the year. They passed more targets in the reading then in math, so they are getting better in reading proficiency.(Rhode Island Education Department)
Overall in Central Falls based on different characteristics the school system should be good because it tries to provide places for their students to interact with one another and make themselves a better future. The schools are average, or at least a little below it, but for the neighborhood/community they are doing well and trying to help the students. For Calcutt Middle School they want to help the students not only be better at academics but also as people in the community as their mission states, they want to teach their students skills they would need academically but also responsibilities they would need for their communities.
Dr. Earl F. Calcutt Middle School
For this project I am trying to deepen my knowledge on the schools in an area that is different than one I am used to. It will help me understand the American public school system better than I have before since I only came from one school and that is all I used to know. The research I have conducted into this Central Falls middle school could help others who are trying to understand the school system in Central Falls.
The Calicutt Middle School is located in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Central Falls, Rhode Island is just outside Providence and Pawtucket, Rhode Island which makes it a more urban area than suburban. Calcutt Middle School is located on 112 Washington Street in Central Falls, Rhode Island.Calicutt Middle School has one mission, which is posted on their website, "Calcutt Middle School is a standards-driven teaching and learning community that promotes literacy, effective communication, problem solving, critical thinking, civic responsibility and the skills necessary for living and working in a culturally diverse society." They want to help the community by helping the children first, which will in turn help the community and our society. (Central Falls School District)
This school has a wide diversity of students of all different races. The largest population in Calcutt Middle School is Hispanic with 76% of the students in the school. The next largest population in Calcutt Middle School is African American with 11% of the students.This is followed by 9% of the students being white, 3% of the students being multiracial and finally 1% of the students at Calcutt Middle School being Native American (Rhode Island Education Department). Those who live in Central Falls make a median income in this city is $29,268 which is only slightly above the needed income for a family of four, $24,000.(United States Census Bureau) and the entirety of Rhode Island families make upwards of around $68,000 a year. With the median income of Central Falls so low the schools have to step up and help the students more.
In Rhode Island schools there are these tests at the end of each grade for middle schools, they are called NECAP tests. The NECAP tests are tests that try to find out the proficiency of a subject that each student has to take, things like Reading, Writing and Math, these tests are taken at the end of each grade level. In Calcutt Middle School the 8th graders scored significantly in all areas than the rest of the state’s population. In Science 8th graders scored 8% proficiency while the rest of Rhode Island scored 30% or in Math where the 8th graders scored 15% to the 57% of all the other Rhode Island residence, that is a 42% difference between proficiency in one subject (Rhode Island Education Department). This is just the 8th grade, the 7th graders were 19% of proficient in the math they needed to know while Rhode Island as a whole was 59% proficient. In reading the 7th graders had a proficiency of 32% while the rest of the state was 69% proficient in reading (Rhode Island Education Department). Those who also go to Calcutt Middle School include 6th graders and 5th graders. The 6th graders had the proficiency of 35% in reading while the rest of Rhode Island was 72%, and they were 26% proficient at math while the rest of the state was 59%. Meanwhile the 5th graders were 36% in writing proficiency, 44% proficient in reading and 37% proficient in math. Going from last to first Rhode Island as a whole was 64% proficient in writing, 74% proficient in reading and 61% proficient in math (Rhode Island Education Department). These numbers show that the students of Calcutt Middle School are under proficiency in all areas in all grades.
The funding for the district of Central Falls and the Calcutt Middle School. In this district they spend a total of $18,910 per pupil in the district while the rest of Rhode Island only spends $15,370 per pupil. This shows that even though the spending is higher in the Central Falls district which means that the students should be doing better because they have more money spent on them to help them, but there are still things going array when it comes to scores and proficiency in subjects. In middle school they spend less than what is spent in other years of study, they spend $2,585 for middle school, that is low because most goes to the instruction and little goes to really helping the child in the long run.(Rhode Island Education Department)
Calcutt Middle School has 596 students and only 50 teachers (Rhode Island Education Department). This puts the teacher to student ratio at 1:12 but that is to all the teachers at the school so including people who do not actually teach classes. The ratio for student to classroom teacher is 1:14 (Rhode Island Education Department). In this school there is 0% of teachers with Emergency Certification while statewide it is 1% of teachers. Also in this school there are 9% of teachers who are not highly qualified teachers while in the rest of Rhode Island that is only 1% (Rhode Island Education Department).
Calcutt Middle School like most schools in Rhode Island after Common Core was established, the schools set targets they have to get done before the end of the year. This middle school in Central Falls got 6 of the 18 targets they set for themselves, which is less than half of the targets and in reality that is one third of the targets they set getting done. That is really not good because they should be able to pass all of the targets they set in the beginning of the year. They passed more targets in the reading then in math, so they are getting better in reading proficiency.(Rhode Island Education Department)
Overall in Central Falls based on different characteristics the school system should be good because it tries to provide places for their students to interact with one another and make themselves a better future. The schools are average, or at least a little below it, but for the neighborhood/community they are doing well and trying to help the students. For Calcutt Middle School they want to help the students not only be better at academics but also as people in the community as their mission states, they want to teach their students skills they would need academically but also responsibilities they would need for their communities.
Sources:
Rhode Island Department of Education. “Central Falls School District.” InfoWorks, n.d. http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/district/central-falls.
Rhode Island Department of Education. “Calcutt Middle School.” InfoWorks, n.d. http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/school/calcutt-middle-school.
United States Census Bureau. “United States Census: Central Falls, Rhode Island.” United States Census Bureau, 2010. http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml.
Central Falls School District. “Calcutt Middle School.” Central Falls School District, n.d. http://calcutt.cfschools.net/.